Though it may not feel like it today (global warming is among us), the season has definitely changed and my red parka has been released from the closet along with a bunch of comforters. As usual, Maria and I have been out on the town checking out great theatre and below are our November picks, plus a bonus from Hansol!

Returning to her hometown in the suburbs of Pennsylvania, this moving (emotionally and literally) meta-theatrical journey through Nkechi’s life in the wake of her childhood friend, MJ’s, death reveals the intricate web of memories that shape us to be who we are.

Deborah and her two children, Lauren and Mark, are a proper and respectable black family—emphasis is put on order, cleanliness, and etiquette. However, cracks begin to reveal itself as Deborah has difficulty dealing with Lauren’s queerness, Mark’s strange verbal outbursts, and her own respectability politics at work. What are the costs of self-maintenance of black—particularly female—bodies in America?

“Minsung is a “goose father,” a South Korean man whose wife and daughter have moved to America for a better life. Deeply lonely, he escapes onto the internet and meets Nanhee, a young defector forced to leave her family behind in North Korea. Amidst the endless noise of the modern world, where likes and shares have taken the place of love and touch, Minsung and Nanhee try their best to be real for each other. But after a lifetime of division and separation, is connection possible?” - From official website.

RE: ENDORSES THIS BONUS RECOMMENDATION FROM HANSOL:

“It’s springtime in America. The war is finally over. Grotilde has completed her life’s work of losing the last 10 pounds, General Michail has proposed, and the President is up to his new tricks. So what if the weather is a little strange and the last soldier won’t come home?” - From official website.